Hop aboard the Great Space Coaster, y'all! Yeah, you're about to go on a journey through the cosmos of inner and outer space. The conductors of this train? FARFLUNG. Part human, part alien, and all right!

This one took me by surprise because it started off as what sounded as your average punk thing, but then something magical happened. These punkers decided to take their music to another dimension (enter bitchin' Rod Serling voice) and weave an intricate pattern of sound that tickles the back of the eye. On "A Wound in Eternity" two genres that were never intended to mix, punk rock and prog-rock, collide with enough force to shift the space / time continuum. Progressive punk rock? Work with me on this . . . musicians who work more than three chords into a song and then blast you with wave after wave of delay-drenched feedback.

After spinning the disc for a good week straight, I think I've begun to truly understand the brilliance of this work. I've found myself rocking in time with the agro-distorted groove of the punk offerings, then suddenly find myself floating through the ether as the band shifts to a more ambient swell. I kind of liken it to lift off from Cape Canaveral and then achieving zero gravity (yeah . . . like I'd ever strap myself to a rocket. Please.) Let your mind wander and you'll see the cosmos unfold before your eyes. This is an interstellar album and will have the mind soaring

- Rancik

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